A team of their own: Only all-girls baseball team in Little League makes championship game

A team of their own: Only all-girls baseball team in Little League makes championship game

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Updated: 9:14 AM CDT Jun 12, 2017

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WEBVTT REPORTER: YOU DON'T WANT TO MESSWITH THESE GIRLS.A DOZEN SEVEN- ANDEIGHT-YEAR-OLDS ARE TAKING THECOMPETITION BY STORM.COLCHESTER THUNDER IS ANALL-GIRLS LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM,AND A FIRST.>> ICY LIKE IT IS THE MOSTEXCITING THING FOR ME.>> THE COACHES AND PARENTS HAVEBEEN SUPER SUPPORTIVE, BECAUSEWE DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT WAS GOINGTO GO.REPORTER: COACH PAT MCBRIBEHELPED START THE TEAM AFTERSEEING HIS DAUGHTER PLAY WITHMOSTLY BOYS.>> THE EXPERIENCE WASN'T GREATFOR THE GIRLS, ESPECIALLY FORONE OR TWO ON EACH TEAM.>> I REALLY LIKE IT BECAUSE OFHOW WE HAVE BEEN PLAYING, ANDHOW MY TEAMMATES ARE SUPPORTIVEWITH ME.REPORTER: THEY FOCUS A LOT ONDEVELOPMENT.>> I HAVE BEEN GETTING BETTER ATHITTING AND TIMING STYLEREPORTER: BUT THEY'RE ALSOPRETTY GOOD AT WINNING.>> I'M HAPPY BECAUSE WE MADE ITTHIS FAR.REPORTER: THEY FINISHD FIRST INTHEIR LEAGUE, AND ARE HEADED TOTHE CHAMPIONSHIP IN COLCHESTERTHIS WEEKEND, TAKING AN ALL BOYSTEAM, THE STORM.>> THE GIRLS ARE REALLYHARD-WORKING SO WE WANT TO HAVEA GOOD GAME.>> WE MIGHT WIN OR WE MIGHT LOSEBUT IT'S JUST A GAME.REPORTER: JUST A GAME, BUT COACHMCBRIDE HOPES IT GIVES THE GIRLSCONFIDENCE ON AND OFF THE FIELD>> AS A FATHER OF A DAUGHTER,IT'S REALLY SPECIAL TO SEE HERBE A PART OF SOMETHING AND HAVETHAT SENSE OF CONFIDENCE ANDSELF ESTEEM THAT COMES FROMPLAYING BASEBALL.REPORTER: COACH SAYS IT'SSOMETHING THEY WILL NEVER FORGETCREATING A TEAM OF THEIR OWN.IN COLCHESTER, ABBY ISAACS, NBC

A team of their own: Only all-girls baseball team in Little League makes championship game

For one Vermont Little League, the championship game will be a battle of the sexes. Colchester's first and only all-girls baseball team will take the field Saturday with a win in mind.

"The other players and coaches and parents have been super supportive of this experiment, because it really is. We didn't know how it was gonna go," coach Pat McBride said.

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Colchester Thunder is made up of a dozen 7- or 8-year-olds. McBride helped start the team after seeing his daughter play with mostly boys.

"The experience, particularly socially, wasn't great for the girls, just having one or two girls on the team," McBride said.

"It feels comfortable because these girls feel the same way as me. Nervous because we're gonna lose and confident because we think we're gonna win," player Allie McBride said.

"I really like it because of how we've been playing and how my teammates are supportive with me," player Haylee McGowan said.

They focus a lot on development, but they're also pretty good at winning.

"How much of a team they really are, how they support each other in the dugout and on the field and the whole concept of team chemistry leading to success, I don't think there is a better example than these girls," McBride said.

They finished first in their league and are headed to the championship game Saturday in Colchester, taking the field against an all-boys team, the Storm.

"The girls are really hard, but we've beaten them once and they've beat us twice so we're gonna have a good game," Storm player Landyn Williams said.

"We might win or we might lose, but it's just a game," Storm player Jackson Greenwood said.

Though it's just a game, coach McBride hopes it gives the girls confidence on and off the field.

"As a father of a daughter, it's really special to see her be a part of something and have that sense of confidence and self-esteem that comes from playing baseball," McBride said.

He doesn't know if the team will have the numbers to come back as an all-girls team next year, but he said it's something they will never forget, creating a team of their own